Hello. I'm just (starting to) get back into PIC programming after
a 6 month break. I have an ITUTECH Pic-1a Rev 2.0. Resistor 11 is a
100ohm resistor. I added a 12ohm resistor across R11 on the bottom
side of the board, leaving the original R11 in place. I had the
same problem until I did this 7-8 months ago. This seemed to solve
the problem. Try at your own risk, of course. I'm not sure of the
changes made to the new 1+ version they seem to be selling now...
Anyone know?

Also, right on my Rev 2.0 board it says: 12-16 volts AC. As I recall,
before I picked up a 12VAC/~800ma transformer, when I ran the programmer
off my DC supply, it needed 15-16 volts DC to programmer properly.

I've used a generic, unshielded flat ribbon cable (about 3ft long) and
also plugged the programmer directly into my PCs parallel port.

Good luck!
-theo

PS- I'm looking to trade / sell various electronic equipment
for a copy of CCS's PCM (the version that supports the 16x84.
Email me if you're interested.

On Sat, 28 Mar 1998, Wilson Tam wrote:

[lots of good ideas here]
> The problem:
>
> i)   Select the option to program 16F8X, (pressing 2)
> ii)  Then it ask me to insert PIC (followed by ENTER)
> iii) The programming led on programmer blinks.
> iv)  Then immediately, the message of ERROR IN PROGRAMMING!
>      shows up.
> If anyone from PICLIST has bought this ITU programmer, or has
> any idea about what's not making this work, please reply.
> Thanks!